Someone will flame me, but CBS Seafood has a pretty good take out hot table and its very reasonable. Most stuff is charged by the size of the container (small or large). Good to go there because they have their own parking lot so its easy in and out most of the time.

I notice that Chinese place on Glendale Ave next to KFC (Ralphs shopping center) seems to do a brisk hot table take out business.

There's the Sun Hai Inn in Atwater Village, as well as Coral Reef. Sun Hai Inn has decent (not "excellent") Americanized Chinese food for take-out or eat-in. I tried Coral Reef many years ago and it was OK, but recent reviews have not been very kind.

i have to agree with "carter"... Coral Reef is a true menace. just shocked that the place is still open. also agree that if you don't want to hoof it to chinatown or MP, then Chi Dynasty and Palace are certainly passable, if not over-priced for what you get.

There is one thing at Coral Reef that I really like, and that's their fried chicken wings. They're not on their regular menu, but are on the table card of "specials." (The emphasis pointing to the unchanging nature of the specials.)

The table card of specials also has a wonton noodle soup listed, that I've had, and enjoy. But not like those chicken wings.

Worth a drive? No. I live in the neighborhood, and that's the thing to get. The only thing to get, because the rest of the food is verging on inedible, and I can eat almost anything.